From: Mustafa Al-Bassam <mus@musalbas•com>
To: Peter Todd <pete@petertodd•org>, Timo Hanke <timo.hanke@web•de>
Cc: bitcoin-dev@lists•linuxfoundation.org
Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] AsicBoost
Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2016 00:01:43 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <5702F257.6010700@musalbas.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20160401090050.GA24677@savin.petertodd.org>
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Alternatively scenario: it will cause a sudden increase of Bitcoin mines
in countries where the algorithm is not patented, possibly causing a
geographical decentralization of miners from countries that already have
a lot of miners like China (if it is patented in China).
On 01/04/16 10:00, Peter Todd via bitcoin-dev wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 09:41:40PM -0700, Timo Hanke via bitcoin-dev wrote:
>> Hi.
>>
>> I'd like to announce a white paper that describes a very new and
>> significant algorithmic improvement to the Bitcoin mining process which has
>> never been discussed in public before. The white paper can be found here:
>>
>> http://www.math.rwth-aachen.de/~Timo.Hanke/AsicBoostWhitepaperrev5.pdf
> What steps are you going to take to make sure that this improvement is
> available to all ASIC designers/mfgs on a equal opportunity basis?
>
> The fact that you've chosen to patent this improvement could be a
> centralization concern depending on the licensing model used. For example, one
> could imagine a licensing model that gave one manufacture exclusive rights.
>
>
>
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Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-04-01 4:41 Timo Hanke
2016-04-01 9:00 ` Peter Todd
2016-04-04 23:01 ` Mustafa Al-Bassam [this message]
2016-04-06 11:57 ` Marek Palatinus
2016-04-06 12:09 ` Mustafa Al-Bassam
2016-04-08 20:58 ` Timo Hanke
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